Dried Apple Cake

Ingredients

• two cupfuls of dried apples
• two cupfuls of molasses
• two cupfuls of sugar
• a scant cupful of butter
• three well beaten eggs
• half a pound of raisins
• three cupfuls of flour
• two teaspoonfuls baking powder
• half a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• half a teaspoonful of cloves
• half a teaspoonful of nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Soak dried apples overnight, chop fine, and simmer in molasses until soft.

2. 2

   Cream sugar and butter, add eggs, apples, raisins, and dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 71. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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